Context Media, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Context Media’s Publishing Solution, a new version of the company’s content integration software designed to meet the content integration and management needs of publishers. The new solution helps publishers increase revenue opportunities and expand their reach to new audiences by improving the management, access, packaging and distribution of digital content. Context Media’s Publishing Solution also enables organizations to support multiple revenue models, including subscription and On Demand, and to manage and provide access both structured and unstructured digital content and media files. Context Media’s Publishing Solution is based on Web services standards, giving publishing organizations a platform to integrate content and information dispersed throughout a variety of content repositories across divisions and geographies. New features available in Context Media’s Publishing Solution include Virtual Content Catalog, Content Packaging and Distribution, and Custom ePrints. www.contextmedia.com
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MultiCorpora R&D Inc. announced the release of version 3.6 of MultiTrans, their software platform for translation support and language management. MultiTrans enables translators and language professionals to search and retrieve examples of text translations of any length from existing multilingual content. The MultiTrans centralized platform links all participants in the language management value chain, including authors, translators, terminologists, reviewers and content readers, to one central repository of information, eliminating duplication and rework and shrinking content delivery cycle time. New and improved capabilities introduced in MultiTrans 3.6 include: Expanded Web Browser Based Terminology Management, Distributable Project Reference Packages, an expanded API, and several Terminology Management Enhancements, including additional administrator control over user security, support for independent web and terminology application servers, enhanced terminology capture from within the translation process, integration with 3rd party terminology banks, and enhanced ability to apply mass terminology bank changes. www.multicorpora.com
Conviveon Corp. announced the U.S. release of WebXML Connect, an “affordable website content management tool that turns almost everyone in a company, from chief executive officers to department heads into webmasters.” Conviveon provides software products for non-technical users to create, share, manage and present web content to any users, anywhere, at any time. www.conviveon.com
Vignette Corp. has added native support for the Apple Macintosh browser to Vignette content management solutions, which when combined with existing Mac support in Vignette’s portal products positions the company to provide enterprise content management solutions to higher education institutions. With the addition of support for the Mac browser to complement existing support for Windows, Linux, Java and Microsoft .NET, Vignette continues to support heterogeneous IT environments. www.vignette.com
Copernic announced the release of Copernic Enterprise Search 3.0 (CES), specifically designed to meet the distinct needs of the Small-to-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and departments of larger enterprises. New features and functionality provide organizations with document-level security on Windows networks and Exchange servers. Copernic Enterprise Search 3.0 also “installs in minutes”. CES indexes every kind of XML schema and translates it into the proper structure. Using XML over HTTP and a file-conversion system, users are now able to connect to other applications and have full search capabilities of the data residing in those applications and data feeds, regardless of file format. Indexing, crawling and querying speeds have all been improved and allow for full, all-inclusive searches. Copernic Enterprise Search 3.0 is available immediately. Pricing is free for indexes containing up to 5,000 documents. Licenses start at $3,999 for indexes of up to 10,000 documents and are incrementally tiered for indexes into the millions of documents. www.copernic.com
SilkRoad Equity, LLC. announced the acquisition of privately held Pendulab, a provider of Enterprise Chat, Marketing and Collaboration solutions, in an all-cash transaction. Financial details were not disclosed. Pendulab will partner immediately with SilkRoad technology, inc., another SilkRoad Equity company, to integrate its solutions into SilkRoad technology’s Collaboration Management Suite of Applications. The Pendulab acquisition now adds Chat Blazer Enterprise and AffiliateShop to the suite. ChatBlazer enables real-time communication via live chat, instant messaging and corporate/enterprise IM, voice conferencing, voice over IP, video and other forms of rich media, with full multi-client capabilities around HTM, Java, and Flash. AffiliateShop provides an affiliate program management system, customer support solution, and an ad tracking ROI toolkit. www.silkroadequity.com, www.silkroadtech.com, www.pendulab.com
Brulant, Inc. and Percussion Software announced a partnership. Brulant will offer implementation services for Percussion’s Rhythmyx 5 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) System to its customers with comprehensive content management requirements. Brulant’s partnership with Percussion will enable it to design, develop and deliver content management solutions for clients’ Web sites, intranets, extranets, document management applications, and enterprise portals. www.percussion.com
CrownPeak Technology introduced Advantage ES, an Extended Suite of developer tools and customization capabilities. Advantage ES offers solution developers the ability to build and customize integrated content management applications without installing software or purchasing any hardware. Advantage ES consists of a new range of developer tools, an expanded API, a full suite of gateway interfaces with configuration tools, and a complete set of pre-configured customizations for applications like extranets, intranets, workflow engines, document and/or asset catalogues, and e-commerce systems. In addition, CrownPeak is announcing support for development in external platforms and connections directly into the CrownPeak application suite via Web Services (SOAP). The first major platform supported in this program is .NET. As part of the CrownPeak ES launch, the company is unveiling a new section of the CrownPeak site for developers, with code samples, documentation, and integration support. CrownPeak has also launched a complete developer training and support program. www.crownpeak.com
